Mother Earth, Where Are You?

Mother Earth, Where are You?

This sandy air has no moisture to it

I feel the coming rage

Slumped shoulders bring war

Started by the chaos of a plague

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If I have committed sins

I have asked for forgiveness

But I see Pharaoh

Judgement is imminent, nevertheless

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I won the lottery

A chance of a lifetime

To be enslaved

You think I have it made

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I see people not smile

It breaks my very core

I see the political system in upheaval

My praying knees are so feeble

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This world is changing again

But for the worst

A pregnant planet

Whose sick baby is coming forth

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So speedy and slick

When left to our own devices

We are weak and scared

Only holding it up closer in a crisis

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No, I do care

Do you care that I have tended this garden of life?

I feel desperation coming through

Mother Earth, where are you?

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(C) Carly Wiggins 2021